Bag more bananas in prohibition

The answer to “Bag more bananas in prohibition” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is EMBARGO — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on August 13, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 14-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Bag more bananas in prohibition” answer

EMBARGO (7 letters)

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What does EMBARGO mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of EMBARGO is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Bag more bananas in prohibition” appeared?

The Times Quick Cryptic reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 13, 2026 (most recent) → EMBARGO. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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